After nearly two years of coding, I've finally learned how to clear the bash prompt with "ctrl-u"! It's funny because I had been searching everywhere for this and found it in the grub2 manual of all places. I'm curious, what are some other straightforward programming concepts or procedures that you also struggled to understand for a long time?
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I struggled a lot with the Python slice operator [::]. The positive and negative indexing just wouldn't stick in my brain. Also, bash quoting rules still confuse me sometimes, especially understanding when variables are rendered or not. It's like a tricky puzzle that I can't quite solve!
Bash has so many quirks! It definitely takes a while to get the hang of those.
Let’s talk REGEX—every few years I find myself having to relearn it! I can never keep it in my head, no matter how many times I try. It's funny how such a small tool can cause so much confusion.
Oh man, Python packaging threw me for a loop! My first job involved shipping code as a TAR archive with no wheels or builds, and then I moved to a team where everything was packaged cleanly. I had to play catch-up fast!
No worries! Packaging can be a nightmare if you start in a simple environment.
Not laughing! Python packaging is anything but simple at first.
Passing parameters into functions was a real hurdle for me. I initially thought I needed to use the same variable names as in the function, but once I grasped that the data type matters more than the names, everything clicked! Also, for loops tripped me up too; I was stuck thinking the counter had to start at zero. Once I realized it could begin at any value, coding became a lot easier.
Async in JavaScript took longer to understand than I’d like to admit. But once it clicked, it felt like enlightenment! Yet, promises were a tricky beast; I have this memory of waking up one day just knowing how to write them. It was the most bizarre feeling!
That's wild! It’s like you had a dream about it or something.
Definitely an 'aha!' moment. It feels great when things finally fall into place.
Totally feel you on bash! It can get pretty convoluted, especially when you're just trying to do something simple.